Iran (IMNA) - Father’s Day is celebrated on 13th day of Rajab, the seventh month of the lunar calendar, marking the birth anniversary of the first Imam of Shia Muslims, Imam Ali (PBUH) to recognize and honor the tremendous contribution that fathers make to the lives of their children. They are who scarify themselves for family and ask for nothing in return. Although it is celebrated on various days worldwide, the common reason of honoring a day is that Father's Day is not about ordinary people, it is about special people like Fathers!

On the eve of the Persian New Year, Iranian are getting ready to welcome Nowrouz; just before Nowrouz, families gather around the special table called Haft-Seen in order to celebrate the New Year. In the Persian language, the word Haft refers to the magic number of seven, and the letter "S" indicates seven main items on the table that start with the letter S(Seen in Persian).

During the Special Operation, police inspectors of Semirom County arrested the professional members of a band of thieves who had stolen the biggest stone inscription dating back to 3,000 years ago, and discovered the ancient table.

IMNA's Press Team offer sympathy to the people of New Zealand, in particular the Muslim community following two terrorists attacks on Friday during which at least 49 people were killed at two New Zealand mosques.

"Isfahan municipality tries to introduce intangible heritage of the city to travelers during Nowrouz 2019," the head of the committee on information and the spokesman of the executive headquarter of Isfahan's travel services said.

"We are doing our best to register "Masnavi Rumi", the great book of Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi, so that the valuable poetry book will be known throughout the world and become fixed in people's memory," the head of National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) said.

Iran (IMNA) - A fish bowl with one or some goldfish is one of the main items of Haft Seen; though it does not start with "S" in Persian. Some people believe that it is the symbol of life and good luck; the red color of goldfish stands for kindness, victory, and livelihood. Over the past years, environmentalists urged people not to buy goldfish, since they are imprisoned in a jar and finally they are doomed to die, while Nowrouz itself is the celebration of rebirth, health, wealth, hope, and livelihood.
Although, as it appears, some people cannot emit goldfish from their Haft Seen table; therefore, the best way is to learn how to buy healthy goldfish, take care of them appropriately and finally drop them in running waters.

When we think of a river, dark, cool rushing water — full of energy and life — comes to mind. Yet, in the face of climate change we are frequently witnessing entirely dry river bed of Zayanderud with barely enough water to support fish and other aquatic life.

"Based on the most recent data available, more than 240 million ornamental fish are produced in the country; it indicates a growing trend in comparison to the last year," the expert of ornamental fish in fisheries organization said.

Aghazadeh mansion that was built during the Qajar dynasty, is located in Abarkooh city, Yazd province, Iran. This site with an area of 820 square meters belonged to Seyyed Hossein Abarghui, who was one of the wealthy individuals in Abarkuh. The mansion is registered in the list of Iran's national monument with the registration number of 1838, in 1996.

Poland's Satyrykon caricature festival was ended with the brilliant presence of three artworks of Payam Pourfallah, Negin Naghiyeh, and Mahnaz Yazdani from Isfahan,
and finally Ali Miraee won the grand award of the event.

Iran (IMNA) - Iran is a safe country for people of different religions and ethnicities as various national and ethno-religious groups are now living in various parts of the country.
The first festival of traditional sports, handicrafts, foods, breads and folk music held in Ardestan county with the presence of provinces of the central plateau of Iran.

The Nasir-al-Mulk Mosque is considered as an architectural masterpiece in Shiraz, Iran where you can visit the play of light and colours. This mosque is also well known as the Pink Mosque due to particular usage of pink colours for its interior design.

"Considering the historical background of Isfahan that indicates the rich Iranian culture, it is not possible to perceive Persian culture deeply without visiting this city," the prime minister of Armenia said.

Bardeh village in Ben County is situated adjacent to Shahrekord city. The region is known as the rocky village; above 90 percent of the buildings seems to be made out of stone. Local women of Bardeh always wear traditional garments because the village hosts thousands of tourists almost throughout the year.

"This year, the slogan of the National Tree Planting Week is "every sapling, a hope", and the distribution of 40,000 saplings among Isfahani citizens will be continued till March 3," the CEO of the parks and green space organization of Isfahan municipality said.

"One of the reasons that the urban brand of Isfahan is formed under the national brand is the landscape vision in 2025; although we are far away from the required criteria, but we are on right path," the member of Iran-Italy Chamber of Commerce said.

"Shiraz is trying hard to meet the necessary requirement of a child-friendly city; however, we believe that the concept of child-friendly city should be internalized as a constant and specific matter," a member of Islamic City Council of Shiraz said.